This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!
Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.
DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.
DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."
Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
Events
**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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Comment by Birdie507 on February 3, 2015 at 10:05pm
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Hi there
My son got to bootcamp on 1/26 and we got a call that night saying he was there. We got a letter yesterday in the mail....the form letter with his PIR date of 3/20. I actually got a call today but that was because he needed information for his security clearance. He said they will probably let him call again in a couple of weeks.
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Comment by Mychael 's Mom on February 3, 2015 at 10:40pm
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Hi Birdie : ) thank u for responding : ) I did get the call the night my son got to the base, but it was just the scripted call... I am waiting for him to call again... I miss him so : ( I haven't ck'd my mail in a couple days so I need to see if I too have received that letter... So thankful for this forum of support for us Navy Mom's !!! Thanks again for responding, I am sure your son will do GREAT !!!
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Comment by Navajosunshine39 on February 4, 2015 at 2:56pm
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Hi Mychael's Mom,
My son was in boot camp last January. I missed his first call and I was so mad at myself for missing it. It was a horrible feeling, and I cried so hard because I felt like I let him down. He left 2 voice messages on my phone when I missed the call, and the 2nd voice message I could tell his voice was cracking, like he was trying not to cry. And that was tough to hear, so you could imagine the thoughts. But then not too long after, he called again, I believe about a week later. And it was a call I did not want to get, because he hurt himself. He hurt his knee during one of their exercises, so he called to tell me that he was not training at that moment until he got it x-rayed. He ended up in their sick unit, because it turned out he bruised his bone in his knee area, so he had to go thru physical therapy. He was in there for about 3 months. He had finally healed, passed some physical tests, and was let back into another unit where he finally graduated last June.
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Hi Navajo sunshine 39 !!! Thanks so much for writing !!! I SALUTE your son for his perseverance in FIGHTING through his injury and finishing boot camp to GRADUATE as US NAVY SAILOR !!! I AM SO HAPPY FOR MY BOY !!! I streamed a live graduation ceremony and it was AWESOME !!! Can't for my son's graduation !!! We are only 1 week into basic training but I am bursting with pride non the less ♡ Hope your son is doing well and loving his decision to serve our country !!!
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Thank You Danielle for the info : ) I can hardly stand the wait for his call !!! Just want to he my son's voice ♡ hopefully he will call this Saturday ...thanks again, hope your son is doing well and enjoying being a SAILOR !!!
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Comment by tori'smom on February 5, 2015 at 11:50am
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Hi Mychael 's Mom- My daughter left this past Tuesday and I feel the same anxiety. That last phone call was hard to hear bc she sounded so tired but thankful for the call. I have been told from other military parents to expect a home sick phone call at some point bc most of the kids do go through a homesick period. Not looking forward to that kind of call but nice to be prepared and know it is typical. We have tough jobs being a mom! LOL I'm really happy to be on here and be able to talk to others how are going through the same thing. Hope you get that phone call soon!!!
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Hi Tori 's Mom, thank u for responding : ) I think we are just as anxious as they are to hear each other's voices !!!!! For us its needing to know our baby's are ok, for them it's the love and encouragement and stability they have in us ♡♡♡ This is the LONGEST I have ever gone without talking to my son : ( He completed WEEK 1 of boot camp yesterday !!! I've been watching streamed graduation ceremonies this week online, they are AWESOME !!! Can't wait to go to my son's graduation !!! I too am very thankful for this website, it keeps me informed and gives me the opportunity to talk with Mom's like you ... I don't have to feel like I am the only one in the world going through this process... it can be emotional exhausting... I was driving my own self crazy just wondering and waiting !!! : )
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you are absolutely right- they need us as much as we need them. And it's the longest I have been away from her too without communication.... I keep expecting the phone to ring or a text to come through. That is great that he has completed his first week! YAY!!! One week down :) I am still searching through here and getting settle in.. I will have to look into those ceremonies. I saw a quick blurb about decorating hotel doors for graduation... interested to learn more about that. I'm all about embarrassing my girl when I can (in fun ways like that of course-LOL) I'm glad to see there are other mom's other there feeling the emotions I am and that I'm not the only one feeling a little overwhelmed. Friends are great support but it's nice to chat with others who are actually feeling the same feelings. :)
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NO you are definitely NOT the only one feeling a little. Overwhelmed !!! As I said earlier, I was sitting here driving my own self up the wall just waiting and wondering !!! My Son's Fiance said she received his box of personal affects (clothes he wore there and his cell phone) so now I'm just waiting on the letter we are supposed to get that has his mailing address and other vital info... and of course my first phone call, besides the one they made when they arrived on base !!! DECORATING HOT EL DOORS FOR GRADUATE SOUND AWESOME !!! That's right up my alley !!! I'll have to look in to that as well : ) I'll let you know what I find out : )
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Oops, sorry for my Typos : )
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